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Sets and Venn Diagrams

Mostly comes in Paper 1, but sometimes in Paper 2 as well

There are 3 types of questions

1. Shading

2. Finding Sets, intersection union, writing elements on Venn Diagram etc etc

3. Word Problems
Sets and Venn Diagram - P1
For For
Examiner’s Examiner’s
use use
Q1) (a) In a group of language students,
24 studied Spanish, 23 studied French and 15 studied German,
12 studied Spanish and French,
10 studied German and French,
6 studied Spanish and German,
4 studied all three languages.
By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, calculate the number of students who
studied
(i) both Spanish and French, but not German,
(ii) only one language.

Answer (a)(i) .......................................... [1]

(ii) .......................................... [1]

(b) The set A consists of the points whose coordinates (x, y) are given by
A # {(x, y) : y # 2x ! 1}.
The points in set B are given by B # {(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 2), (2, 5), (3, 6)}.

Find
(i) n(B),
(ii) A ∞ B.

Answer (b)(i)n(B) #................................ [1]

(ii){......................................} [1]

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Q2) (a) On the Venn Diagram in the answer space, shade the set (A, † B,) ∞ C.
Answer (a)
A B

C
[1]

(b)  # {x : x is an integer and 4 ≤ x ≤ 16}


P # {x : x is a prime number}
S # {x : x is an odd number}
T # {x : x is a multiple of 3}
(i) List the members of the set S ∞ T.
(ii) Describe, in words, the set S,.
(iii) Find n(P † T).

Answer (b)(i) ........................................... [1]

(ii) .......................................... [1]

(iii) n(P † T) # ....................... [1]


2 3 3 1
16 A=
 
−1 0
, B=
−4 −3
,
 C = (1 2 3), D= 1
−1
Find
(a) A 0 B,
(b) A2,
7
(c) AA01

(d) CD.

8
,

Answer (a) ............................................. [1]

(b) ............................................. [1]

(c) ............................................. [1]

(d) ............................................. [1]

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Q3) (a) Express in set notation, as simply as possible, the subset shaded in the
Venn diagram.

A B

Answer (a) ......................................................... [1]

(b)  = {all polygons},


T = {all triangles},
R = {all regular polygons},
Q = {all quadrilaterals}.

Add the set Q to the Venn diagram in the answer space.


Answer (b)
T R

[1]

(c)  = { x : x is an integer and 3  x  11},


F = { x : x is a factor of 12},
O = { x : x is an odd number}.

List the elements of the set (F  O)′.

Answer (c) ......................................................... [1]

(d) It is given that n() = 20.


P and S are sets such that n(P) = 7 and n(S) = 16.

Find the smallest possible value of n(P  S) .

Answer (d) ......................................................... [1]

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Q4) (a)
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

The set A = {x : 1  x < 3} is shown on the number line above.

(i) Set B is shown on the number line below.

–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

Complete the description in the answer space.

Answer (a)(i) B = {x : ............ x ................} [1]

(ii) The set C = {x : x  – 3}.


Illustrate the set C using the number line in the answer space.

Answer (a)(ii) [1]


–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

(b) X = {1, 3, 5}, Y = {3, 5}, Z = {(x, y) : x  X, y  Y, x ≠ y].


List the members of Z.

Answer (b) Z = { ............................................................................................} [2]

21 A E

D
In the diagram, ACD and BCE are straight lines.
CB CA 1
= = .
CE CD 2
(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps ∆ CAB onto ∆ CDE.
→ →
(b) It is given that ED =

6
–8
and BC =  
3
1
. 
Calculate AE .

Answer (a) ....................................................................................................................... [2]


(b) AE =   [2]

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Q5) (a) On the Venn Diagram in the answer space, shade the region A  B′.

Answer (a)  A B

[1]

(b)  = {all polygons}, Q = {all quadrilaterals}, R = {all regular polygons}.

(i) What is the special name of the polygons which belong to Q  R?


(ii) On the Venn Diagram in the answer space, show the set
T = {all equilateral triangles}.
Answer (b)(i) ...................................................... [1]

(ii)  Q R

[1]

14 (a) In the diagram, the unshaded region, y


R, is defined by three inequalities.
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Two of these are
4
y  2x + 2 and y  5 – x.
3
Write down the third inequality.
2
R
1

-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 x
-1

Answer (a).......................................................... [1]

(b) Find the integer values of x which satisfy the following.

4  2x + 13  9

Answer (b).......................................................... [2]


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Q6) (a) On the Venn diagram in the Answer (a)
answer space, shade the set
A ∪ (B ∩ C).  A B

C
[1]

(b) Express in set notation the subset shaded in the Venn diagram.


P Q

Answer (b) ..............................................[1]

(c) In a class of 36 students, 25 study History, 20 study Geography and 4 study neither
History nor Geography.
Find how many students study both History and Geography.

Answer (c) ...............................................[2]


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Q7) (a) The sets A and B are shown on the Venn Diagram in the answer space.
The element y is such that y ∈ A and y ∉ B.
On the diagram, write y in the correct region.
Answer (a)
Ᏹ A B

[1]

(b) Ᏹ = {x : x is an integer and 1 ⭐ x ⭐ 8 }.


P = {x : x > 5}.
Q = {x : x ⭐ 3}.

(i) Find the value of n(P Q).


(ii) List the elements of P⬘ Q⬘.

Answer (b)(i) ................................................[1]

(ii) { ..........................................} [1]

10 y
B A

O x

In the diagram, A is the point (6, 3) and C is the point (– 8, – 4).


The equation of AB is y = 3 and the equation of CB is y = x + 4.

(a) Find the coordinates of B.

(b) The unshaded region R inside triangle ABC is defined by three inequalities.
One of these is y < x + 4.

Write down the other two inequalities.

Answer (a) (.................. , ..................) [1]

(b) .........................................................

.....................................................[2]

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Q8)(a) Express, in set notation, as simply as Ᏹ B
possible, the subset shaded in the A
Venn diagram.

Answer (a) ..................................................[1]

(b) It is given that n(Ᏹ) = 40, n(P) = 18, n(Q) = 20 and n(P Q) = 7.

Find

(i) n(P Q),


(ii) n(P⬘ Q⬘).

Answer (b)(i) .............................................[1]

(ii) ..............................................[1]

10 A =
冢 冣 冢 冣
4 –1
3 0
B=
0 1
–3 4
Find

(a) 2A – B,

(b) AB,

(c) A–1.

Answer (a)
冢 冣 [1]

(b)
冢 冣 [1]

(c)
冢 冣 [1]

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For Q9) (a) On the Venn diagram shown in the answer space, shade the set P Q. For
Examiner’s Examiner’s
Use Use
Answer (a)

P Q

[1]

(b) There are 27 children in a class.


Of these children, 19 own a bicycle, 15 own a scooter and 3 own neither a bicycle nor a
scooter.
Using a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of children who own a bicycle but
not a scooter.

Answer (b) ............................................[2]

10 T is inversely proportional to the square of L.


Given that T = 9 when L = 2, find

(a) the formula for T in terms of L,

(b) the values of L when T = 25.

Answer (a) T = ......................................[2]

(b) L = ......................................[1]

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Q10) (a) Ᏹ = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, For


A = { 1, 2, 3 }, Examiner’s
B = { 5 }, Use

C = { 3, 4 }.

List the elements of

(i) A 傼 C,

Answer (a)(i) .................................. [1]

(ii) B ⬘ 傽 C ⬘.

Answer (a)(ii) ................................. [1]

(b) A group of 60 children attend an after school club.


Of these, 35 children play football and 29 play hockey.
3 children do not play either football or hockey.

By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of children who play only
hockey.

Answer (b) ...................................... [2]

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Q11) The Venn diagram shows the sets Ᏹ, P, Q and R. For


Examiner’s
Use
Ᏹ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
Ᏹ Q
P
1 2 5
4 3 6 9
7 8
10 R

(a) Find the value of n(Q  R).

Answer (a) ...................................... [1]

(b) List the elements of the set P⬘  (Q  R).

Answer (b) { ................................. } [1]

(c) One element is chosen at random from Ᏹ.


Write down the probability that this element belongs to (P  Q)  (P  R).

Answer (c) ...................................... [1]

12 f(x) = 6 – x
2
(a) Find f(5).

Answer (a) ...................................... [1]

(b) Find f –1(x).

Answer (b) f –1(x) = ........................ [2]

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Q12)(a) Using set notation, describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram.


A B

Answer ........................................ [1]

(b) In the Venn diagram, shade the region represented by Pʹ ∩ (Q ∪ R ).


P Q

[1]

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Q13) (a) On the Venn diagram, shade the set A B C⬘.


A B

[1]

(b) Ᏹ = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}


P = {x : x is a prime number}
Q = {x : x ⭓ 5}

(i) Find the value of n(P Q) .

Answer ........................................ [1]

(ii) List the elements of P Q⬘ .

Answer ........................................ [1]

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14 The table shows the results when a 6-sided die was thrown 50 times.

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 7 7 6 9 11 10

(a) Write down the modal score.

Answer ....................................... [1]

(b) Calculate the mean score.

Answer ....................................... [2]

Q14) Ᏹ = { x : x is an integer and x ⬎ 5 } Ᏹ F


P = { x : x is a prime number }
F = { x : x is a multiple of 4 }
S = { x : x is a multiple of 6 }

The Venn diagram shows the Universal set and the set F.

(a) Draw and label the two sets P and S to complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(b) Write down a possible element y such that y is an even number and y ∈ (F S)⬘.

Answer y = ................................. [1]

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Q15) The Venn diagram shows the Universal set and the set B.
A and C are two sets such that

A B = B, A B  B, A C=∅ and B C  ∅.

Draw the sets A and C in the Venn diagram. Ᏹ B

[2]

11 By writing each number correct to two significant figures, estimate, correct to one significant figure,
the value of

110.94 – 0.2034 × 368.62 .

Answer ........................................ [2]

12 The length of a rectangle is 8 cm.


It is increased by 150%.

Calculate the new length.

Answer ................................. cm [2]

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x+3
20 f(x) = 2
For
Examiner’s
Use
(a) Find f –1(x).

Answer f –1(x) = ....................... [1]

(b) Given that f(–9) + f(t) = A + Bt , find the values of A and B.

Answer A = ...................................

B = .............................. [2]

Q16) (a) Given that A = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } and B = { 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 }, find n( A B ).

Answer ..................................... [1]

(b) Ᏹ = { p, q, r, ... } Ᏹ
X Y
On the Venn diagram, write
each of the letters p, q, and r in
its appropriate subset, given that

p X Y Z,

q X⬘ Y⬘ Z⬘,

r (X Y )⬘ Z.

[3]

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13 Sam and Tom ran 60 m. For


Sam took 9.4 seconds, correct to the nearest tenth of a second. Examiner’s
Tom took 8 seconds, correct to the nearest second. Use

(a) Write down the upper bound for the time taken by Sam.

Answer ....................... seconds [1]

(b) Calculate the greatest possible difference between the time taken by Sam and the time taken
by Tom.

Answer ....................... seconds [1]

Q17) In a survey, 60 students are asked Ᏹ


which of the subjects Biology (B),
History (H ) and Spanish (S) they B H
are studying.
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The Venn diagram shows the results. 15 16

27 students study History. 2


5 p

9
q
S

(a) Find the values of p and q.

Answer p = ...................................

q = .............................. [1]

(b) Find n(H ʹ).

Answer ..................................... [1]


(c) Find n(B ∪ H ) ∩ S ʹ.

Answer ..................................... [1]

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Q18) (a) A = e o B=e o


4 3 2 -3 For
Examiner’s
1 2 1 1 Use
(i) Find 2A – B.

(ii) Find B –1.


Answer
  [1]

Answer
  [2]

(b)  = {natural numbers}


P = {factors of 8}
Q = {factors of 12}

List the elements of the set P Q.

Answer ................................................................ [2]

(c)

M N

Use set notation to describe the shaded subset in the Venn diagram.

Answer ............................................ [1]

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Q19)  = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} For


A = {odd numbers} Examiner’s
B = {multiples of 3} Use

(a) Complete the Venn diagram to illustrate this information�


A B

[1]

(b) Find the value of n (A B)�

Answer �������������������������������������������� [1]

(c) List the elements of the set A B9�

Answer �������������������������������������������� [1]

11 A photo is 10 cm long�
It is enlarged so that all dimensions are increased by 20%�

(a) Find the length of the enlarged photo�

Answer �������������������������������������� cm [1]

(b) Find the ratio of the area of the enlarged photo to the area of the original photo�
Give your answer in the form k : 1�

Answer ����������������������������������� : 1 [2]

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Q20) (a) Express, in set notation, the subset shaded in the diagram. For
Examiner’s
 Use

A B

Answer ................................................ [1]

(b)  = {a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h}

P = {a, b, c}

Q = {b, c, d, e, f}

(i) Find n ^P , Qh.

Answer ................................................ [1]

(ii) List the members of the subset P l + Q .

Answer ................................................ [1]

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Q21) (a) On the Venn diagram, shade the set P l + ^Q , Rh.


P Q

[1]

(b) A group of 40 children are asked what pets they own.


Of these children, 13 own a cat, 5 own both a cat and a dog and 15 own neither a cat
nor a dog.

Using a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of children who own a dog, but
not a cat.

Answer .............................................................. [2]

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Q22) (a) Use set notation to describe the shaded subset in the Venn diagram.


P

Q R

Answer ......................................... [1]

(b) In a group of students


30 play cricket,
38 play football and
9 play neither cricket nor football.

Find the lowest possible number of students in the group.

Answer ......................................... [2]

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5 (a) Write the value of 1234.567, correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer ............................................. [1]


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(b) Write down an estimate for the value of .
r

Answer ............................................. [1]

Q23) (a) On the Venn diagram, shade the set C l + ^A , Bh.


A B

[1]

(b) % = { −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }

P = { −1, 0, 1, 2 }

Q = " x2 : x ! P ,

Find n ^ Q h.

Answer ............................................. [1]

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Q24) (a)  = { x : x is an integer, 40 G x G 50 }

P = { x : x is a prime number }

Q = { x : x is a multiple of 6 }

(i) Find n( P ).

Answer .............................................. [1]

(ii) List the members of Q.

Answer .............................................. [1]

(b) In a group of 25 people,


11 people own both a bicycle and a skateboard,
6 people own neither a bicycle nor a skateboard,
n people own a bicycle.

Find the smallest and the largest possible values of n.

Answer smallest .............................................. [1]

largest .............................................. [1]

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7 yisinverselyproportionaltothesquareofx.

 Giventhaty=24whenx=2,findywhenx=8.

 Answery=..................................... [2]

Q25) TheVenndiagramshowsthesetsA,BandC.


A B
p q r
t u
s
v
C w
 

 Listtheelementsof

 (a) A∪B,

 Answer............................................ [1]

 (b) B′∩C.

 Answer............................................ [1]

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Q26) (a) On the Venn diagram, shade the set B + (A , C )l .

 B
A

[1]

(b) % = { 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 }

W = { x : x is a multiple of 2 }

H = { x : x is a multiple of 3 }

(i) Find n (W ∪ H ).

Answer ................................................. [1]

(ii) List the members of W + H l .

Answer ................................................. [1]

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Q27) (a) In the Venn diagram, shade the region which represents the subset (P , Q)l + R .


P Q

[1]

(b)  = { x : x is an integer and 22 G x G 33 }


E = { x : x is an even number }
T = { x : x is a multiple of 3 }
F = { x : x is a multiple of 4 }

(i) List the members of T + F .

Answer ............................................. [1]

(ii) Find n (E , T ) .

Answer ............................................. [1]

(iii) Given that y ! F l + E , find one possible value of y.

Answer y = ............................................. [1]

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8 y is directly proportional to the square of x.


When x = 10, y = 20.

Find the value of y when x = 6.

Answer y = ..................................... [2]

Q28) 50 students are asked what type of movie they like to watch.
Of these students,

• 26 like comedy,
• 15 like both action and comedy and
• 8 like neither action nor comedy.

Using a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of students who like action but not comedy.

Answer ........................................... [2]

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Q29) (a)  = { 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 }

P = { x : x is an even number }

Q = { x : x is a multiple of 3 }

(i) Find n(P , Q).

Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) Given that y   and that y is a prime number, write down the value of y.

Answer y = .................................... [1]

(b) In the Venn diagram, shade the region represented by A' + B.


A B

[1]

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Q30) (a) In the Venn diagram, shade the region which represents the subset ^A + Blh , C .


A B

C
[1]

(b) In a group of 36 students,

23 study Spanish,
17 study French,
4 study neither Spanish nor French.

By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of students who study both Spanish
and French.

Answer .......................................... [2]

15 Solve the simultaneous equations.


3x + y = 9
2x + 3y = -8

Answer x = ..........................................

y = .................................... [3]

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Q31) (a) In a sports club 24 members play basketball (B),


28 play cricket (C),
16 play football (F),
9 play basketball and cricket,
11 play cricket and football and
6 play basketball and football.
Five members play all three games and eight members play none of these games.

(i) Complete the Venn diagram to show this information.


F

C B

[2]

(ii) Hence work out the total number of members in the club.

Answer ........................................... [1]

(b) In another sports club, the number of members playing basketball (B), cricket (C) and football (F)
are shown in the Venn diagram below.


F
16
4
3 2
12

20 11 5

C B

(i) Find n(F ').

Answer ........................................... [1]

(ii) Find n( ( F , C ) + B ').

Answer ........................................... [1]

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Q32) (a) Use set notation to describe the shaded set in the Venn diagram.

A B

Answer ........................................... [1]

(b) Use set notation to complete the statement about sets C and D.

D
C

Answer C ................................... D [1]

8 (a) A film starts at 22 35 and finishes at 01 20.

How long, in hours and minutes, does the film last?

Answer .................. hours .................. minutes [1]

(b) On 1 May, Leila starts to go swimming every day.


She swims 30 lengths of the swimming pool every day.
The swimming pool is 20 m long.

Work out the date when Leila has swum a total of 10 km.

Answer ........................................... [2]

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Q33) (a) In the Venn diagram, shade the region which represents the subset Al + B + C .


A B

[1]

(b) P = { 1, 4 }
Q = { -1, 1, 2 }
R = ' | x ! P, y ! Q 1
x
y
(i) Find n ^P , Qh .

Answer .......................................... [1]

(ii) List the members of R.

Answer .............................................................................. [2]

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f ^xh =
2x + 5
6
3x
(a) Find f ^- 2h.

Answer .......................................... [1]

(b) Find f - 1 ^xh.

Answer f - 1 ^xh = .......................... [3]

Q34) In a group of 35 people,

22 are wearing spectacles,


10 are wearing a hat,
6 are wearing spectacles and a hat.

By drawing a Venn diagram, or otherwise, find the number of people who are wearing neither spectacles
nor a hat.

Answer .......................................... [2]

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21 (a) Evaluate 9 1 + 9 0 .

Answer .......................................... [1]

(b) Find n, where 4 n = 2 n - 1 .

Answer n = .................................... [2]

Q35)  = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }
P = { x : x = 0, 1, 2 }
Q = { y : y = 0, 2 }

(a) List the members of P k Q .

Answer .......................................... [1]

(b) Find n ^P l j Qh.

Answer .......................................... [1]

(c) R = { z : z = 2x + y, x ! P , y ! Q }

List the members of R.

Answer .......................................... [2]

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Q36) (a) On the Venn diagram, shade the region represented by Bl + A .


A

[1]

(b) Here is some information about 100 people who visit a café.

32 drink coffee (C)


40 drink tea (T)
50 eat a pastry (P)
18 drink coffee and eat a pastry
21 drink tea and eat a pastry

(i) Complete the Venn diagram to show this information for the 100 people.


P
T C

[2]

(ii) Find n (T , P , C)l .

.................................................... [1]

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Q37) (a) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram.


P Q

.................................................... [1]

(b)  = {x : x is a positive number}


A = {x : 9 1 x 1 10}
B = {x : x is an irrational number}

Write down an element of A + B .

.................................................... [2]

11 Solve the simultaneous equations.


Show your working.

9x + 4y =- 5
6x - 2y = 6

x = ...................................................

y = ................................................... [3]

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Q38) (a) In the Venn diagram, shade the region which represents C + (A , B)l .


A B

[1]

(b)  = { a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j }
T = { b, d, f, h, j }
V = { a, b, d, g, h, i}

(i) List the members of T + V l .

.................................................... [1]

(ii) Find n (T , V ) .

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Q39) (a)  = { x : x is an integer and 1 G x G 10 }


F = { x : x is a factor of 24 }
S = { x : x is a square number }

F S

(i) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(ii) Find n (F , S)l .

................................................. [1]

(b) In the Venn diagram, shade the region represented by P + Q + Rl .


P Q

[1]

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Q40) Q 1 P
P+R = Q

Complete the Venn diagram to show sets Q and R.


P

[2]

17 Here are the first four terms of a number sequence.

T1 = 1 2 + 3 = 4

T2 = 2 2 + 8 = 12

T3 = 3 2 + 13 = 22

T4 = 4 2 + 18 = 34

(a) Find T5 .

T5 = ................................................. [1]

(b) Find an expression, in terms of n, for Tn .

Tn = ................................................. [3]

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Q41) (a)

P Q

In the Venn diagram, shade the subset (P , Q) + Rl . [1]

(b) In a group of 42 people,

• 30 people speak Spanish

• 20 people speak French.

(i) Find the smallest possible number of people who speak both Spanish and French.

................................................. [1]

(ii) Find the largest possible number of people who speak neither Spanish nor French.

................................................. [1]

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Q42) (a) P = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 }

Q = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 }

Find n (P , Q) .

................................................. [1]

(b) p ! A + B
q ! (A , B) l
r ! A + Bl

On the Venn diagram below, write each of the letters p, q and r in its appropriate subset.


A B

[3]

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Q43) (a)  = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}


X = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}
Y = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

(i) Find X + Y .

{ ............................................... } [1]

(ii) A number, k, is chosen at random from .

Find the probability that k g (X , Y) .

................................................. [1]

(b) On the Venn diagram, shade the set A + (B , C)l .


A B

[1]

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Q44) 40 students can take part in three activities, Art (A), Dancing (D) and Gardening (G).

• 5 do not take part in any of the activities


• 12 do Art only
• 4 do Dancing and Gardening but not Art
• 1 student does all three activities

(a) Complete the Venn diagram.


A D
x
y

z
G

[2]

(b) On the Venn diagram, the ratio x : y : z = 1 : 2 : 3.

Find the value of each of x, y and z.

x = ................................................

y = ................................................

z = ................................................ [3]

(c) One subset in the Venn diagram in part (a) has no students.

Use set notation to describe this subset.

................................................. [1]

(d) Find n ((D , G ) + A) .

................................................. [1]

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Sets and Venn Diagram – P1 (Answers)

1. J2003/P1/Q18: (a)(i) 8, (ii) 18; (b)(i) 5, (ii) {(0,1),(2,5)}.

2. N2003/P1/Q15: (b)(i) 9 and 15, (ii) …even…, (iii) 8.

3. N2004/P1/Q18: (a) A∩(B∪C)′ or A∩B′∩C′; (b)

(c) 8 and 10; (d) 3.

4. J2005/P1/Q20: (a)(i) –1 < 𝑥  4 (ii)

(b) {(1, 3), (1, 5), (3, 5) and (5, 3)}.

5. N2005/P1/Q13: (a)

(b)(i) squares (ii)

6. N2006/P1/Q18: (a)

(b) P ∩ Q′; (c) 13.

7. J2007/P1/Q9: (a) y marked in correct region (b) (i) 6 (ii) (4, 5)

8. N2007/P1/Q9: (a) B ∩ C ∩ A′ (b)(i) 31 (ii) 9


9. N2008/P1/Q9: (a)

(b) 9

10. J2009/P1/Q18: (a) (i) 1, 2, 3, 4 (ii) 1, 2 (b) 22

11. N2010/P12/Q11: (a) 8 (b) {5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (c) 0.3

12. J2011/P11/Q7: (a) A U (B ∩ C) (b) Correct region shaded

13. J2011/P12/Q12: (a)

(b)(i) 2 (ii) 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

14. N2011/P11/Q15: (a)

(b) 10 or 14 or 22 or 26 etc.

15. N2011/P12/Q10:

or

16. N2012/P11/Q21: (a) 7 (b) Correct p, q and r

17. N2012/P12/Q14: (a) p = 6, q = 4 (b) 33 (c) 34

18. J2013/P11/Q24: (a)(i) (6 9) (ii) 5 ( 1


1 3
) (b) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 (c) M’ ∩ N
1 3 −1 2
19. J2013/P12/Q10: (a)

(b) 6 (c) 1, 5, 7

20. N2013/P11/Q14: (a) (A ∪ B) ∩ C (b) (i) 6 (ii) d, e, f

21. J2014/P12/Q11: (a)

(b) 12

22. N2014/P11/Q10: (a) P ∩ Q ∩ R’; (b) 47.

23. N2014/P12/Q6: (a)

(b) 3.

24. J2015/P11/Q18: (a)(i) 3 (a)(ii) 42, 48 (b) 11, 19

25. J2015/P12/Q8: (a) p, q, r, s, t, u (b) s, v

26. N2015/P12/Q15: (a)

(b)(i) 6 (b)(ii) 10, 14, 16


27. J2016/P11/Q23: (a)

(b)(i) 24 (b)(ii) 8 (b)(iii) 22 or 26 or 30

28. J2016/P12/Q9: 16

29. N2016/P11/Q12: (a)(i) 9 (ii) 89 (b) region inside B but outside of A shaded

30. N2016/P12/Q14: (a)

(b) 8

31. J2017/P11/Q21: (a)(i) Correct Venn diagram (ii) 55 (b)(i) 40 (ii) 39

32. J2017/P12/Q7: (a) A ∩ B′ (b) ⊂

33. N2017/P11/Q23: (a) Correct diagram (b)(i) 4 (ii) –1, 1, 1/2, –4, 4, 2

34. N2018/P12/Q7: 9

35. N2018/P12/Q22: (a) (0, 2) (b) 6 (c) 0, 2, 4, 6


36. J2019/P11/Q20: (a) Correct region shaded

(b)(i) Correct Venn diagram

(b)(ii) 17

37. J2019/P12/Q10: (a) (P ∪ R) ∩ Q' (b) Any irrational number in range 9 < x < 10

38. N2019/P11/Q16: (a)

(b)(i) f and j (ii) 8

39. J2020/P11/Q15: (a)(i)

(a)(ii) 3 (b)
40. J2020/P12/Q16:

41. N2020/P11/Q14: (a)

(b)(i) 8 (ii) 12

42. N2020/P12/Q13: (a) 10 or n (P ∪ Q) = 10 (b)

43. N2021/P11/Q19: (a)(i) 2, 3, 5 (ii) 4/12 (b)

44. N2021/P12/Q25: (a)

(b) [x = ] 3 [y = ] 6 [z = ] 9 (c) A ∩ G ∩ D′ (d) (their x) + 1 evaluated

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